Best of 2014

It’s the last day of the year, and this is the last blog post of the year. I hope that theBible-Science Guy Blog has informed, challenged, and perhaps even stirred you in 2014. Here are some of the year’s blog highlights.

In 2014, 33,898 distinct readers from 168 countries eagerly viewed this blog 53,961 times. This is a 70% increase in distinct readers and a 51% increase in views over 2013. And that does not count all the blog subscribers who read the blog posts by email. This year the blog followers have increased by over 200 to reach 1370 blog followers at year’s end.

The Bible-Science Guy Blog started in October 2007. It now comprises 360 posts, 87 newspaper articles, and 10 tab pages for a total of 457 items. During 2014, 446 of these items were viewed at least once.

The busiest viewership day of the year was April 16 with 342 views. The most popular post that day was No Luck At All. Surprisingly, this article was not posted in 2014 but in April 2012, two years previously.

It’s interesting that the three articles that had the most views during 2014 were published in prior years. This illustrates the continuing relevance that most of the Bible-Science Guy blog articles have.

Best Bible-Science Guy Articles from 2014

Here are my choices for the best Bible-Science Guy Blog posts from 2014, listed in order of publication date. I chose the posts I liked best — the ones I found most interesting, most important, or best written. I included those that accumulated the most views or stimulated the most comments.

God’s Not Dead, the Movie (Mar 26) With videos.
Review of a movie drama about persecution of Christian faith at college. It’s the story of a college freshman defending his faith when bullied by his atheist philosophy professor. This was the most viewed 2014 article with 2,798 reads.

Noah, the Movie (Apr 2) With videos.
This controversial film focused fresh public attention on the Biblical account of Noah and the Flood. This review of the movie discusses Nine Positives and Nine Negatives about it. I rated the movie only 2 stars out of 5, due primarily to its severe distortion of the Genesis account. This was the 3rd-most viewed 2014 article with 1,398 reads.

The Truth About Noah (Apr 9)
This probes the Genesis account of Noah to set the record straight after the extreme distortions of the NOAH movie.

Evolutionists Going After Children (May 21) With video.
Evolutionists demand the teaching of evolution to children as young as five, because they say the teen years are too late. It’s imperative for Christian parents to intentionally and systematically teach Biblical Creationism to their children.

How Many Died in Noah’s Flood? (Jun 18)
Using population growth math with Biblical data, this article gives an estimate of the earth’s population at the time of Noah’s Flood. This was the 2nd-most viewed 2014 article with 2,787 reads. It’s the fourth of a series of five blogs on population growth beginning with Could Noah Fill the Earth?

Why Apologetics? (Oct 8)
Do you sometimes have nagging doubts about Christianity? Then apologetics has the answers for you. Apologetics is the defense of the Christian faith using evidence, reason, and logic. This is the first of three articles on Why, When, and How apologetics should be done. Apologetics Resources surveys recommended resources for apologetics.

Is Earth Young? (Oct 29)
Is the Earth Young? Or is it Old? For Biblical accuracy, which is the proper adjective?

Tree Accident (Nov 19)
This is a photo blog of an accident felling a huge tree and the Biblical lesson it brought to mind.

Exodus, the Movie (Dec 17) With video.
This is a comprehensive review of the Bible-inspired epic: Exodus: Gods & Kings – a movie about Moses taking on the power of the Egyptian empire to free a nation of Hebrew slaves.

Who Was the Manger Baby? (Dec 24) With videos.
There is one man of history whose titles far surpass all others. A look at the titles He earned will shed light on the Manger Baby‘s identity. How did He most often refer to Himself?